Brian Quinn Email & Phone Number

New York, Us

New York, Us

I oversee all speakers, topics, and on stage content for Skift events. Skift Forums are the preeminent global CEO conferences for the travel industry. We aim to push the industry forward and define the future of travel through our forums, which take place around the globe. More info via: live.skift.com

New York, Us

Skift Forum conferences are the largest creative business events in the global travel industry, focused on top Marketers, Strategists and Technologists in travel --the people creating and defining the future of travel. Through this role, I am responsible for leading editorial direction, stage programming, logistics, and production for all Skift conferences (with events currently in New York, London, Singapore, and Silicon Valley, as well as annual Megatrends programs).

My events company, through which I've created a wide range of events; from VIP dinners for brands, to sensory experiences for brands like The Macallan and Moleskine, to 750 person parties on raw floors of the World Trade Center.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Responsible for operation and growth of Northside Media's key festivals and creative activations, including overseeing the curation of the Northside Innovation Festival, Taste Talks, Tasties Awards and working closely with the activation team to produce branded events.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Northside Innovation (June 9-10) and Content (June 7-8) conferences are where Brooklyn's creators and innovators gather together to experience talks and ideas across entrepreneurship, technology and design. The event features four stages, an exhibition featuring 150 companies, networking luncheons, happy hour events and VIP celebrations, in addition to being able to hear over 400 bands at Northside Music, one of America's premier music festivals. Taste Talks is a national series of festivals celebrating the future of taste through symposia, tastings, dinners and parties. Taking place in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles in 2016, Taste Talks brings together thought leaders and luminaries from around the world together with everyday food enthusiasts to engage in great conversation, amazing food and one-of-a-kind experiences.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Consulting on event production for the annual conference, as well as a future-of-retail trend tour through NYC's latest innovative retail experiences and ending in a day of talks.

Fishers, Indiana, Us

Wrote over 200 articles for Food Republic on the art of cocktails. FR explores the culture of food through stories, interviews, global conversations, and experiences. This is the site for people who want to eat and drink well, and to live smart.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Curated leaders of the App Economy for WIRED at a 4,000 person conference in Las Vegas in Nov. 2015, bringing in several startup founders and Apple’s former head of retail, Ron Johnson, to speak; as well as curating CTO/CIO discussions.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast talk series with free events taking place in over 130 cities globally. Founded by design blogger Tina Roth Eisenberg, aka swissmiss, in 2008, CM now has over 100,000 community members, over 2250+ talks online and is growing by 3-5 cities a month.As Director of Special Projects, my initial role was to launch the curation and logistics for CreativeMorning’s FieldTrip event series, which are a series of alternative events to the main talk. These events included: workshops at IDEO, FiftyThree, ustwo, Hyper Island, storytelling at TED, a tour of Bre Pettis’s 3D printing factory, visual note-taking classes, ice cream making, meditation, and dozens of other experiences built for creative people. As I transitioned to Head of Partnerships, I managed the relationships with our official partners, overseeing their campaigns and activations.

New York City , Ny, Us

New York, Us

Social Media Week is an NYC-based conference welcoming 10,000 attendees from the tech, media, and advertising communities each year (also taking place in over 25 cities globally). I curated the on-stage content --driving the topics, speakers, and schedules-- both in New York and London for 2 ½ years, doubling the approval rating of the on-stage content during this time.I coordinated on-stage discussions with: Martha Stewart, Seth Godin, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jonah Peretti (Buzzfeed), Neil Blumenthal (Warby Parker), John Collison (Stripe), Beth Comstock (GE), Robin Chase (ZipCar), Steve Case (AOL), Lisa Gansky (GNN, Ofoto), Don Tapscott (The Digital Age), Harper Reid (former Obama CTO), Alex Blumberg (This American Life, Startup podcast), Shiza Shahid (co-founder of the Malala Fund), among many others.

Project manager for June 2014 conference.

The Noble Rot was a unique wine gathering once dubbed “a new form of clandestine drinking” by Tasting Table NYC. We curating unique dining experiences for a passionate community of wine-lovers in NYC, as well as branded events for Pernod Ricard, Michelin Guide, The James Beard Foundation, Gilt Groupe, and numerous wine brands. During our 2-year run, we received a wide range of press features and mentions from the New York Magazine, NY Post, Wine Enthusiast, The Cooking Channel, AOL, Saveur, Zagat, Tasting Table, and The Village Voice.

For almost 10 years, I handled the coordination of every aspect of the careers for numerous jazz luminaries under The Jazz Tree's founder, legendary manager Mary Ann Topper. Tasks included booking and advance production for countless performances, coordinating press, executing contracts, coordinating travel and solving last minute changes, organizing large 30-45 day itineraries outlining each day in precise detail, designing websites, and being a jack of all trades.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Jazz Performance

Certificate, Advanced Perfumery

Education record